Health Sector Reform - P145174

Technical Assistance For Design The Regional Master Plans And
Update Of The Feasibility Studies For Three Regionalhospitals
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OFINTEREST
ROMANIA
IBRDLoan No.: 8362-RO
Assignment Title: DESIGN THE REGIONAL MASTERPLANS AND UPDATE OF THE FEASIBILITY STUDIES FOR THREE REGIONAL HOSPITALS
Reference No. CS/3/28
The Health Sector Reform ?Improving Health System Quality andEfficiency Project is an agreed loan, which wouldbe implemented over a five year period and would finance civil works,goods,technical assistance and training activities.
TheProject development objective is to improve access to, and quality and efficiency of publichealth services in Romania.
Component 3. Health sector governance and stewardship improvement aims to support sectorgovernance and stewardship improvement to bridge the gap between policy and practice and to increasethe capacity for conducting and improving the quality ofmedical care services. To this end, among other activities, this component will supportstrengthening the capacity of thehealth sector to develop and manage projects, some of which could be financedthrough EU or other sources of funding and tofinance feasibility and pre-investment studies(asinIasi, Cluj and Craiova).
The mainobjectives ofthis consultancy are:
A) To develop an Regional Master Plan following of:
a)analysis the need for healthcare services on the regions: North West Region, North East Region and South West Oltenia Region, inorder to define the regional hospital structure. This analyse must include the regional capacity for taking over the healthcareservices for 2nd level. This correlation will conduct to the establish the structure of the new regionalhospitals.
b.) analysis of risk factors (flooding, earthquake, landslides, pollutionetc...)
B) To update the feasibility studies prepared in2007 for:
a) the Regional Emergency University Hospital of Cluj; (North West Region)
b) the Regional University Emergency Hospital of Craiova;(South West Oltenia Region)
c) the Regional University EmergencyHospital of Ia?i, (North East Region)
Based on the Master Planfor each region (which must be approved by the Ministry of Health) and alsobased on:
necessarystructureof the regional emergency hospitals
functional andtechnological description, of the necessary equipment for the buildings, and of the medical devices and equipment,
action plan in case of natural disasters
the feasibility studies developed in 2007 for those 3 locations, shall be updated so that they comply with theprovisions of the Romanian law in force concerning:
- Sizing and dimension of all the interior installations of theconstructions, according to the country's norms in force;
- an analysis and a proposal for the provision ofstate-of-the-art medical equipment, clinical furniture and general furniture;
- the content of the technical and economicdocumentation, by fields (architecture, structure, mechanical and electrical installations, external networks for connection toutilities etc.) according to GD 28/2008.
Thisupdate, will take alsointo account preparingthose Regional Hospitals for future natural disasters(flooding, earthquake, landslides,etc.).
The estimated duration of the assignment is of 6 months, with possible extension, to commence within one week from thecontract signature.
The Consultant Company must have relevant experience inthe field and would have implemented relevant projects in the past 10 years and must provide a list with minimum three clients(including contact information for purposes of checking references), mentioning the project budget, the period of projectimplementation.
Itis understood that the Consultant and its Team Leader will have made themselves familiar with the particular conditions of RomanianHealthcare service and its legislation. Faculty of Romanian language is an advantage; unhindered communication has to besecured.
The Consultant shall propose experienced permanent staff, preferably in hospital construction related disciplines, at hishome office for backstopping support and liaison with WB and the MoH to ensure quality of services. Especially for the constructionplanning and medical equipment planning medical expertise and input is required.
The Consulting Company is required to provide the followingkey-experts:
Team Leader (Senior International Expert) with a university degree in Civil Engineering orArchitecture expected to demonstrate appropriate qualifications and experience for the tasks. The expert shall possess relevantprofessional experience in developing or transition country of about 10 years, ideally in the region, as well as in design,supervision and execution of similar hospital projects, in particular hospital planning. His professional experience shall becomplemented byproject management and coordination as well as financial administration and monitoring skills. Previous experiencewith international development cooperation management procedures and guidelines is required; Hospital/Health Planner with a health or economist or engineer' background and a Master's degree or higher inHospital planning, health administration and hospital management and professional experience in hospital planning and construction;Epidemiologist Specialist with a graduate degree in medicine and with a Master's degreeor higher in epidemiology; Architect with a graduate degree in Architecture and with a Master'sdegree or higher in Health Facility Planning and Design, or related area and professional experience in preparation of hospitalarchitecture design and drawings; Biomedical Engineer or equivalent with aMaster degree in Health Facility Planning and Design or equivalent in related area and professional experience in developingtechnical specifications and bidding documents for medical and non-medical hospital equipment; Health Economist with a graduate degree in Economics,with a Master degree in Health Economics and professional experience in general health economics and evaluation methods necessaryto promote the efficient and equitable allocation of healthcare resources in public health and to identify relevant regulatorypolicies, strategies and interventions; Structural Engineer with a graduate degree in Construction Engineering andprofessional experience in preparation of hospital design, experienced in the design of structures inareas of high seismic risk, having experience in base isolation design foundation; Installation Engineer with a graduate degree in Installation Engineering and professional experience inpreparation of hospital architecture design and drawings; CostEngineerwith a graduate degree inEngineering/Economics and professional experience in preparation of analyticalestimates.
The Ministry of Health would liketo contract a Consulting firm with demonstrated experience in hospital designing. All key experts of the Consulting team shallhaveat least 10 years of experience in the field of hospital planning.
The Ministry of Health - Health Sector Reform ?Improving Health System Quality and Efficiency Project Management Unit now invites eligible consulting firms ("Consultants") toindicate their interest in providing the Services. InterestedConsultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience toperform the Services.
The shortlisting criteria are:
General qualifications of the Consulting firm ? maximum 30 points;
Specific experience of the Consulting firm in the field of the assignment ? maximum 50points;
Availability of appropriate specialized staff to fulfill the assignment ? maximum 20points.
It should benoted that at this point of time only a confirmation of availability of staff with the relevant qualification is required. No CVsare required, as theywill be evaluated at the time of evaluation of technical proposals ofthe short-listedconsultants.
The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the World Bank's Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grantsby the World Bank borrowers, datedJanuary 2011 ("Consultant Guidelines"), setting forth the World Bank's policy on conflict of interest.
Consultants may associate with other firms in the form of ajoint venture or a subconsultancy toenhance their qualifications. Incase of a joint venture (JV), all members of the JV will be evaluatedjointly for the purpose ofshort listing and shall be jointly and severally liable for the assignment and shall sign the contract in case of award is made tothat JV group. The Consultants should clearly indicate whether the Expression of Interest is submitted as a joint ventureorotherwise. Unclear expressions of interests in terms of "in association with" and/or "in affiliation with" and etc. may not beconsidered for short listing. The experience and references of sub-consultants shall not be taken into account in the evaluation ofthe Expressions of Interest.
A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method setout in the Consultant Guidelines.
Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours (i.e. 10:00 to 17:00hours).
Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or byfax, or by e-mail) by November 10, 2015 at 15:00hours localtime.
Ministry ofHealth ? Health Sector Reform ?
Improving Health Sector Qualityand Efficiency Project Management Unit
Attn: Mr.Cristian Grasu, MrsAbibula Gabriela and Mrs Petrescu Eugenia
1-3, Cristian Popi?teanu Ent.,2nd floor, room 235, Sector 1, 010024, Bucharest, Romania
Tel:0040213072686
Fax: 0040213072587
E-mail:cristian.grasu@ms.ro, gabriela.abibula@ms.ro, eugenia.petrescu@ms.ro

JUDICIAL REFORM - P090309

Consulting Services For The Elaboration Of The Main Design
Guide For Courthouses
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
ROMANIA
JUDICIAL REFORM PROJECT
Public Administration, Law and Justice
CONSULTING SERVICES FOR THE ELABORATION OF THE MAIN DESIGNGUIDE FOR COURTHOUSES
Loan No. /Credit No. 4811, Project ID No. P090309
QCBS No: #IBRD4811RO-MOJ/CS1-4
The Ministry of Justice has received financing from theWorld Bank towards the cost of JudicialReform Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.
The objective of the consulting services ("the Services") is to develop uniform space planning and design standards for Romanian courthouses, based on internationalpractice and in accordance with the provisions of Romanian legislation. To achieve the objectives of the assignment the Consultantshall develop design standards for theRomanian judiciary, adapting international standards to Romanian practice respectively: Standard Detailed Design Theme and Courts MainDesign Guide comprising 4 separate design guides: Design guide for courthouses, Design guide for court rooms;Ergonomics Guide related to specific workstations of courthouses and Design of furniture for courthouses;
The Consultant is expected to carry out the assignment within 10months.
The assignment should be carried out by a Consultant, which should meet the following qualificationrequirements:
· A company or Joint Venture with relevant expertise inthe area ofbuildings design including their related infrastructure, with a minimum 10 years of demonstrated experience in the field of civilworks and with the ability to engage a multi-disciplinary team required for such a complex and time-boundassignment;
· Architectural design experience for the Justice System in atleast 2 previous design projects for judicial institutions;
· The following will be considered advantages: 1. Demonstratedtrack record in conducting assessments on a similar scale (i.e. design standardization project for buildings assigned for public orprivate use), 2.relevant experience of conducting similar assessments for public institutions in EU member states orcandidate/potential candidate countries, 3. Architectural design experience for the Romanian Justice System in at least 2 previouscourts design projects;
The Consultant is advised to provide the most suitable team of experts to cover therequested activities, whichshall be composed mainly of the following (i) key experts: Main Architect/Team leader and Civil Engineer and (ii) non-key experts: Architect,Building Restauration Architect, Landscape Architect, Furniture Design Architect, Structural Civil engineer, Electricalinstallations engineer, Sanitary installations engineer (water and sewerage), Gas installations engineer, HVAC (Thermo?ventilation) systemsengineer, IT&C engineer and (iii) a pool of other non-keyexperts, with previous experience in the fields of: fire protection, video surveillance, security systems, health and safety, greenenergy, energetic certificate, structures, topographical, legal.
The Ministry of Justice now invites eligible consulting firms ("Consultants") toindicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they havethe required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The shortlisting criteriaare:
- general information: name, status, address, telephone number, fax number,year of establishment, contact person for the project, description of the previous expertise in the construction field of minimum10 years;
- specificinformation: description of at least 2 previous design projects implemented forjudicial institutions proving the Consultant'sexperience in architectural design for the Justice System; demonstrated track record in conducting assessments on a similar scale,including for public institutions in EU member states or candidate/potential candidate countries;
- information regarding the Consultant's architectural design experience forthe Romanian Justice System experience (description of at least 2 previous courts design projects);
- information proving the Consultant's ability to engage amulti-disciplinary team required for such a complex and time-bound assignment.
The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the World Bank'sGuidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants [under IBRD Loans and IDA CreditsGuidelines: Selection andEmployment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers, May 2004, Revised October 1, 2006 & May1, 2010 ("Consultant Guidelines"), settingforth the World Bank's policy on conflict of interest. In addition, please refer tothe following specific information onconflict of interest related to this assignment:
"Bank policy requires that consultants provide professional,objective, and impartial advice and at all times hold the client's interests paramount, without any consideration for future work,and that in providing advice they avoid conflicts with other assignments and their own corporate interests. Consultants shall notbe hired for any assignment that would be in conflict with their prior or current obligations to other clients, or that may placethem in a position of being unable to carry out the assignment in the best interest of the Borrower. Without limitation onthegenerality of the foregoing, consultants shall not be hired under thecircumstances set forth below:
(a) Conflict between consulting activities and procurement of goods, works, or nonconsulting services (i.e.,services other than consulting services covered by these Guidelines ):A firm that has been engaged by the Borrower to providegoods, works,or non-consulting services for a project, or any affiliate that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, oris under common control with that firm, shall be disqualified from providing consulting services resulting from or directly relatedto those goods, works, or non-consulting services. Conversely, a firm hired to provide consulting services for the preparation(before Loan effectiveness) or implementation of a project, or any affiliate that directly or indirectly controls, is controlledby, or is under common control with that firm, shall be disqualified from subsequently providing goods, works, or services (otherthan consulting services covered by these Guidelines) resultingfrom or directly related to the consulting services for suchpreparation or implementation. This provision does not apply to the various firms (consultants, contractors, or suppliers) whichtogether are performing the Contractor's obligations under a turnkey or design and build contract.
(b) Conflict among consulting assignments: Neither consultants (including their personnel and sub-consultants), norany affiliate that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with that firm, shall be hired forany assignment that, by its nature, may be in conflict with another assignment of the consultants. As an example, consultantsassisting a client in the privatization of public assets shall neither purchase, noradvise purchasers of, such assets. Similarly,consultants hired to prepare Terms of Reference (TOR) for an assignment shall not be hired for the assignment in question.
(c) Relationship with Borrower's staff: Consultants (including their experts and other personnel, andsub-consultants) that have a close business or family relationship with a professional staff of the Borrower (or of the projectimplementing agency, or of a recipient of a part of the loan) who are directly or indirectly involved in any part of: (i) thepreparation of the TOR for the assignment, (ii) the selection process for the contract, or (iii) the supervision of such contractmay not be awarded a contract, unless the conflict stemming from this relationship has been resolved in a manneracceptable to theBank throughout the selection process and the execution of the contract.
(d) A consultant shall submit only one proposal, either individuallyor as a joint venture partner in another proposal. If a consultant, including a joint venture partner, submits or participates inmore than one proposal, all such proposals shall be disqualified. This does not, however, preclude a consulting firm to participateas a sub-consultant, or an individual to participate as a team member, in more than one proposal when circumstances justify and ifpermitted by the RFP."
Consultants may associate with other firms in the form of a joint venture or asubconsultancy to enhance their qualifications. The "association" may take the form of a Joint Venture or a sub consultancy. In case of a Joint Venture(JV), all members of the JV will be evaluated jointly for the purpose of short listing and shall be jointly and severally liablefor the assignment and shall sign the contract in case of award is made to that JV group. Sub-consultant's experience shall not betaken into account at the time of short-listing. Interested consultants should clearly indicate the structure of their"association" and the duties of the partners and sub consultants in their application. Unclear expression of interests in terms of"in association with" and/or "in affiliation with" and etc. may not be considered for short listing. Keeping one expression ofinterest per firm as principle, a consultant firm may decide whether it wishes to participate as a sub consultant or as a partnerin a joint venture. Please note that a firm shall submit only one Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the same selection processeither individually as a consultant or as a partner in a joint venture. No firm can be a sub consultant while submitting an EOIindividuallyor as a partner of a joint venture in the same selection process. A firm, if acting in the capacity of sub consultant to any consultant or JV, may participate in more than oneproposal, but only in the capacity of a sub consultant.
A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost based Selectionmethod set out inthe Consultant Guidelines.
Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours: 0900 to1700 hours, local time.
Expressions of interest must be delivered to the address below bySeptember 15, 2015, 1700 hours, local time. The Consultant shallsubmit one original and one copy in the English language in one envelope marked "Expression of Interest for Consulting Services forthe elaboration of the Main Design Guide for courthouses". Expressions of Interest received by e-mail address areaccepted.
Ministry of Justice
Department for Implementing the Externally Funded Projects ? DIEFP
Attn: Mrs. Cornelia Munteanu, procurementspecialist
Mrs. Adriana Gheorghiu,procurement specialist
17 Apolodor St,sector 5, 050741, Bucharest, Romania
Tel: +40 037 2041157
Fax: +40 037 204 1092
E-mail: cmunteanu2@just.ro;adriana.gheorghiu@just.ro;
Web site:http://www.just.ro

RAMP - P130202

Network Improvement For Data Centers (2 Lots)
Invitationfor Bids (IFB)
November 26th,2015
Romania
Revenue Administration Modernization Project
Loan: No.8261 ? RO
IFB Title: NetworkImprovement for Data Centers (in two lots)
IFB Number: RAMP/4
1. ThisInvitation for Bids (IFB) followsthe General Procurement Notice (GPN) for this project that appeared in UNDBonline on 20 August 2013.
2. TheRomania has received a loan fromthe International Bank for Reconstruction toward the cost of RevenueAdministration Modernization Project and it intends to apply part of theproceeds of this loanto payments under the agreement(s) resulting from this IFB: NetworkImprovement for Data Centers (in twolots) ? RAMP/4.
3. TheNationalAgency of Fiscal Administration serves as the implementing agency forthe project and now invites sealed bids from eligible Bidders for NetworkImprovement for Data Centers(in two lots).
4. Biddingwill be conducted using theInternational Competitive Bidding (ICB) procedures specified in the WorldBank's Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits, edition ofJanuary 2011, and is open to all Bidders eligible as defined in theseGuidelines, that meet the following minimum qualification criteria:
LOT 1 (Acceleration and Protection Subsystem):
a. The Biddermust document(including reference contact information) the fact that they have successfullycompleted during the 36 (thirty-six) months prior to the date of bid submissionat least one (1) contract for the supply, installation and configuration of Accelerationand Protection Subsystemsusing F5 Network technologies.
b. The Biddermust provide copiesof certification by an accredited institution of ISO/IEC 27001:2005 (orsubstantial equivalent information security management standard).
c. The Biddermust documenthaving ready access to at least 30,000 (thirty thousand) Euro equivalent inliquid assets (bank balances, unencumbered securities, lines of credit, etc.,).
LOT 2 (Datacenter Fabric Subsystem and Datacenter Core Subsystem):
a. The Biddermust document(including reference contact information) the fact that they have successfullycompleted during the 36 (thirty-six) months prior to the date of bid submissionat least one (1) contract for the supply, installation and configuration of anintegrated high-availability datacenter communications solution with adatacenter fabric subsystem (leaf layer and spine layer) and a datacenter coresubsystem architecture.
b. The Biddermust provide copiesof certification by an accredited institution of ISO/IEC 27001:2005 (orsubstantial equivalent information security management standard).
c. The Biddermust documenthaving ready access to at least 150,000 (one hundred and fifty thousand) Euroequivalent in liquid assets (bank balances, unencumbered securities, lines ofcredit, etc.,).
In the case of Joint Ventures, the experience criteria must bedemonstrated by the Lead Partner, the security management certifications mustbe demonstrated by each Partner, and the financial criteria may be met by thesum of the resources of Partners.
5. Interestedeligible Bidders may obtainfurther information from National Agency of Fiscal Administration andinspectthe bidding documents at the address given below from8.30 to 17.00 hours ? local time from Monday toThursday and from 8.30 to 14.30 hours ? local time on Friday.
6. A completeset of bidding documents inEnglish may be downloaded from www.anaf.ro/RAMP. The Bidders should register their contact information (e-mail andmailing address) by sending an e-mail to the address below. Thesamee-mail address should be used for submitting any clarification questions. Registration is necessary to receive answers to clarification questions as wellas addenda to the bidding documents (if any). The downloadable version of the bidding documents,and any addenda to it, will be the binding one.
7. Bids mustbe delivered to the addressbelow at or before 10.00 hours localtime on February 2nd, 2016.Late bids will be rejected. Bids will be opened in the presence of Bidders'representatives who choose to attend at the address belowat 10.15 hours local timeon February 2nd, 2016
8. Theattention of prospective Bidders isdrawn to (i) the fact that they will be required to certify in their bids thatall software is either covered by a valid license or was produced by the Bidderand (ii) that violations are considered fraud, which can result inineligibility to be awarded World Bank-financed contracts.
RAMP Project Management Unit
Mrs. Daniela Manoli, Project Manager
17, Apolodor Street, 050741, Sector 5, Bucharest, Romania
Phone: +4021 387 20 57
+4021 387 20 58
Facsimile: +4021 319 96 71
e-mail: ramp.anaf@mfinante.ro

Executing Agency (Client): The City of Galati
Assignment Description: The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the "EBRD" or the "Bank") intends to provide a loan to the City of Galati to fund the key investments in the urban transport sector and related infrastructure (the "Project"). The Project is financed by an up to EUR 22.6 million loan from the EBRD to the City.
Galati, with a population of 250,000, is a significant commercial and industrial centre in southeast Romania, with the local economy related to steel processing (Mittal), ship manufacturing (Damen Shipyards) and adjacent industries.
Galati has about 345 kilometres of streets in total. It is noted that the City has already completed the first phase of the urban infrastructure upgrade with a total amount of about EUR 14 million and has one project for Intelligent Traffic Management with a total value of EUR 4 million in implementation, -, co-financed from the European Regional Development Fund; however, there are still investment needs in the urban transport sector and related infrastructure.
The Project consists of the following three components:
a) Street and Water rehabilitation:
b) Acquisition of 14 trolley buses; and
c) Implementation of an Automated Ticketing System.
The Europe 2020 Strategy for smart, inclusive and sustainable growth highlighted the importance of a modernised and sustainable European transport system for the future development of the Union and stressed the need to address the urban dimension of transport.
A Communication from the Commission "Together towards competitive and resource-efficient urban mobility" was issued in December 2013 and sent to the European institutions aiming to encourage the Member States to take more decisive and better coordinated actions. The Annex to the COM (2013) 913 presents a concept for Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans ("SUMPs").
In January 2014, Guidelines for the development and implementation of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans were published in order to provide local authorities with concrete suggestions on how to implement strategies for urban mobility that build on a thorough analysis of the current situation, as well as a clear vision for the sustainable development of their urban area. The Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan concept considers the functional urban area and proposes that action on urban mobility is embedded into a wider urban and territorial strategy. Therefore, these Plans should be developed in cooperation across different policy areas and sectors (transport, land-use and spatial planning, environment, economic development, social policy, health, road safety, etc.); across different levels of government and administration; as well as with authorities in neighbouring areas – both urban and rural.
The Romanian legislation (Law 350/2001 updated in December 2013 – on spatial and territorial planning and the related implementing norms) has included provisions on preparation of the mobility plans and approval system.
The EU Regional Operational Programme -draft- 2014-2020, coordinated by the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration (“MRDPA”) includes a consistent component of urban development aiming to finance, among others, transport infrastructure, rolling stock, transport management systems. Nevertheless, the funds needed for improving the quality of urban areas and urban transport are about ten times more than the allocated budget for the programme.
The SUMPs are a pre-requisite for applying/receiving UT EU funds during 2014-2020. In order to support the implementation of European requirements, under the MoU framework, EBRD is supporting the elaboration of 8 SUMPs for the main cities and their surrounding areas, namely: Bucharest-Ilfov, Iasi, Constanta, Brasov, Ploiesti, Craiova, Cluj si Timisoara. The 8 SUMPs are going to be finalised by July 2015.
The EBRD are being consistent with the EU’s approach regarding urban transport and mobility, but also in view of ensuring correlation between sources of financing, the EBRD is supporting the City in the elaboration of its own SUMP.
The planned purchase of 14 new trolley buses will improve the reliability and quality of public transport services for users and improve air quality through consistent reduction of carbon emissions. In order to accommodate the new trolley buses under the framework of the transport system for the City, a consultant (the "Consultant") is required to assist the City in developing a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan for Galati (the "Plan") to ensure best-practice urban transport planning and to identify opportunities for the diversification of business activities with potential for private sector participation.
The main objective of this assignment is to develop the SUMP that will enable the City to manage mobility to be compatible with European and national requirements and identify the future priority investments in the sector. The SUMP will be based on an Urban Transport Model (GIS support) using a software platform.
The Plan aims to create sustainable urban transport system by addressing, at a minimum, the following objectives:
Ensuring that the transport system is available and accessible to all, such that urban public facilities including public transport can provide services on an inclusive basis;
Improving safety and security in all modes of transport and reducing the number of accidents;
Reducing air and noise pollution, greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions and energy consumption;
Improving the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the transportation of persons, including defined sources of underlying funding and financing for such activities. This is understood to include both municipal and private transport providers;
Contributing to enhancing the attractiveness and quality of the urban environment and urban design;
Elaborate a general and specific set of indicators, regarding the mobility, socio-economic and urban development of the City, which will be monitored in evaluating the effectiveness of the Plan associated to the established objectives;
Developing non-motorised modes and intermodal transport networks;
Propose recommendations on Private Sector Participation ("PSP") opportunities in the provision of urban transport services in Galati municipality.
A successful outcome of the assignment would be a Plan for Galati municipality, setting the context for phased investments for the period 2016-2030, agreed with regional and national authorities. The Consultant will support the approval of the plan by the local authorities.
It is expected that the municipality will appoint a Counterpart Team aiming to develop and monitor the implementation of the 2016-2030 Plan on sustainable mobility and will seek to encourage the use of intermodal transport, as well as cycling and walking, discouraging private car use, especially for journeys to and from work.
The Counterpart Team will assist the Consultant in data collection and will ensure the coordination of the Plan with other strategic documents, including the territorial planning documents, as requested by the Law 350/2001 updated in 2013 on territorial planning.
The Counterpart Team will also support the Consultant in discussing the Plan with the experts in the field as well as with the civil society. Finally, the Plan has to be approved by the Technical Commission for territorial planning and the Commission for traffic and safety organised at the level of municipality, which will be mainly the responsibility of the Counterpart Team.
Assignment Start Date and Duration: The Assignment is expected to start in Q4 2014 and has an estimated overall duration of 6 months.
Maximum Budget available for the Assignment: EUR 200,000 (exclusive of VAT).
The Consultant must determine whether any indirect taxes/VAT are chargeable on the proposed services and state the basis for such. If any indirect taxes/VAT are payable, the Client will have to pay indirect taxes/VAT element to the services directly to the Consultant unless otherwise agreed.
Funding Source: Shareholder Special Fund
Eligibility: there are no eligibility restrictions
Consultant Profile: Corporate services are required. The Consultant will be a firm or a group of firms with proven experience in the urban transport sector
The Consultant Team will include:
Team Leader/Transport Planner
Urban Planner / architect
Transport Operations Specialist /Traffic Engineer
Transport Modelling Expert
Parking Policy Specialist
Transport Economist /Financial Expert
Legal Expert specialised in Public Transport
Marketing Expert
Environmental Expert
Any expert proposed by the Consultant may take charge of more than one expert position listed above if he/she processes the relevant expertise and can provide sufficient references in similar projects. The following provides a list of preferred requirements.
The Team Leader/Transport Planner should have:
a background in Engineering and/or Transport Planning/Transport Economics with a minimum of ten years of experience in consultancy, preferably in Europe, in urban development projects.
experience on the planning of public transport networks, including electricity powered rail based systems.
already led a consultant team on one or several projects in the transport and urban mobility planning field.
The Urban planner/architect should have:
a minimum of five years’ experience in urban planning at local and metropolitan level.
already led a consultant team on one or several projects in the urban planning field, with sustainable urban mobility planning components.
The Transport Operation Specialist/Traffic Engineer should have:
a minimum of five years’ experience in a public transport company and/or consultancy assignments in the public transport field and experience in traffic engineering, traffic management and traffic control, particularly in an urban environment.
The Transport Modelling Expert should have:
a minimum of ten years’ experience in operating four-step traffic model software in an urban environment.
The Parking Policy Specialist should have:
a minimum of five years’ experience in managing the parking policy in cities and/or in a consultancy firm.
The Transport Economist/ Financial Expert should have:
a minimum of five years’ experience in his field, preferably in Europe.
The Legal Expert specialised in Public Transport should have:
a minimum of ten years’ experience as a lawyer, including a minimum of five years in public/private partnership in the public transport field, in national and EU public transport legislation
The Marketing Expert should have a:
a minimum of five years’ experience in publicity, marketing and communication, preferably in the public transport area and in Europe.
The Environmental Expert should have a:
minimum of five years’ experience in environmental assessment, preferably in Europe, in particular referring to Strategic Environmental Assessment, assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment (Directive 2001/42/EC) and Environmental Impact Assessment (Directive 85/337/CEE as amended)
All experts should have good reporting skills in English (knowledge of Romanian language will be considered an advantage, particularly for the Team leader, the Legal Expert and the Environmental Expert) and be computer literate.
At least 80% of the Consultant’s time should be spent in the beneficiary city.
The Consultant shall be responsible for translating any document provided in Romanian language for the purpose of this study.
Submission Requirements: In order to determine the capability and experience of Consultants seeking to be selected, the information submitted should include the following:
(a) brief overview of the firm/group of firms including company profile, organisation and staffing;
(b) details of similar experience of firm or group of firms and related assignments undertaken in the previous five years, including information on contract value, contracting entity/client, project location/country, duration (mm/yy to mm/yy), expert months provided, assignment budget, percentage carried out by consultant in case of association of firms or subcontracting, main activities, objectives;
(c) CVs of key experts who could carry out the Assignment detailing qualifications, experience in similar assignments, particularly assignments undertaken in the previous five years, including information on contracting entity/client, project location/country, duration (mm/yy to mm/yy), expert months provided, assignment budget, main activities, objectives;
(d) Completed Consultant Declaration and Contact Sheet, the template for which is available from the following web-link:
http://www.ebrd.com/pages/workingwithus/procurement/notices/csu/contact_sheet.doc
The expression of interest shall not exceed 20 pages (excluding CVs and contact sheet).
One original and one copy of the expression of interest, in English, and two copies in Romanian, shall be submitted to the Client in an envelope marked “EXPRESSION OF INTEREST for Galati Urban Transport Rehabilitation Project – Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan”, to reach the Client not later than 13 November 2014 at 15:00 (Romanian time). The expression of interest should be submitted electronically by e-mail to the Client and to the EBRD Contact Person as well.
One further electronic copy should be submitted to the EBRD’s contact person by the same due date.
Important Notes:
1. The selection will normally be made from responses to this notification only. Consultants will not be asked to submit a proposal. The highest-ranked Consultant will be selected from a shortlist and be invited to negotiate the contract, subject to availability of funding.
2.The evaluation criteria are as follows:
1) Firm’s experience in urban transport projects, including specific experience sustainable urban mobility plans, preferably within the last 10 years - 30%
2) A firm with experience in urban transport internationally and in Romania - 20%
3) Experts’ CVs including relevant experience in the sector and team composition - 50%, fluency in Romanian and previous project experience in the country would be an advantage.

26/08/2015: Interested parties are invited to read a Clarification Document (seer link below) addressing a number of queries received in connection with this Procurement Notice and associated Terms of Reference.
http://www.ebrd.com/documents/procurement/clarification-document-no-1.pdf
26/08/2015 Clarification: This Notice has been amended. Please see revised weightings of the shortlisting criteria.
17/08/2015 Clarification: the deadline time for submissions has been updated to 1pm (Sibiu time) on 11 September 2015.
Executing Agency (Client):
The City of Sibiu
Samuel Brukenthal street, no.2, 550178, Sibiu, Romania
e-mail: pms@sibiu.ro ; http://www.sibiu.ro
Tel. 004-0269-208800,
Fax. 0040-0269-208981
The Client Contact Person:
Tatiana Stanese, Chief of PIU
The Municipality of Sibiu
Samuel Brukenthal street, no.2, 550178, Sibiu, Romania
Email: piu@sibiu.ro ; ioana.leca@sibiu.ro
Tel: 004-0269-208873
Fax: 0040-0269-208981
The EBRD Contact Person:
Paula Alegria
Senior Advisor, Technical Co-operation
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
One Exchange Square
London EC2A 2JN
United Kingdom
Tel: + 44 20 7338 7589
Fax: +44 20 7338 7451
E-mail: AlegriaP@ebrd.com
Project Description:
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the 'EBRD' or the 'Bank') intends to provide a EUR 15 million loan to the City of Sibiu (the 'City' or the 'Client' or 'Sibiu') to fund key investments in the urban transport sector and related infrastructure (the 'Project'). The Project will focus on street rehabilitation and a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan for the City.
Assignment Description:
The Client now intends to retain a consultant (the 'Consultant') to assist in developing a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan for Sibiu (the 'Plan' or 'SUMP') to ensure best-practice urban transport planning and to identify opportunities for the diversification of business activities with potential for private sector participation (the 'Assignment').
The SUMP will:
enable the City to manage mobility to be compatible with European and national requirements and identify the future priority investments in the sector;
be based on an Urban Transport Model (GIS support) using a software platform. The City Hall of Sibiu has already a GIS support GEOMEDIA (Intergraph). The software platform for the Urban Transport Model (GIS support) must be adapted by the Consultant to the GIS support GEOMEDIA (Intergraph) existing at the City Hall of Sibiu; and
refer to all modes and forms of transport around urban congestion, including public and private transport, passenger and freight, monitorized and non monitorized, moving or stopped transport systems. The Plan will provide a General Traffic Study for the City of Sibiu, including a specific part for the public transport sector.
Overall, a successful outcome of the Assignment would be a Plan for Sibiu municipality, setting the context for phased investments for the period 2016-2030, in line with the regional and national similar plans in place. The Consultant will support the approval of the Plan by the local authorities.
Consultants should refer to the Terms of Reference ('ToR') under the link below for a more detailed description of service requirements.
http://www.ebrd.com/documents/procurement/48484-terms-of-reference.docx
Status of Selection Process:
Interested firms or group of firms are hereby invited to send submissions.
Assignment Start Date and Duration:
The Assignment is expected to start in Q3 2015 and has an estimated overall duration of 6 months. It is important that the consultant can start work as soon as possible after appointment.
Cost Estimate for the Assignment:
EUR 260,000 (exclusive of VAT).
The Consultant must determine whether any indirect taxes/VAT are chargeable on the proposed services and state the basis for such. If any indirect taxes/VAT are payable, the Client will have to pay indirect taxes/VAT element to the services directly to the Consultant unless otherwise agreed.
Funding Source:
EBRD Shareholder Special Fund. Selection and contracting is subject to the availability of funding.
Eligibility:
There are no eligibility restrictions.
Consultant Profile:
Corporate services are required. The Consultant will be a firm or a group of firms with preferably previous project experience related to:
the successful preparation of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans or a comparable nature, scale and complexity to the SUMP required under the Assignment; and
public urban transport networks in comparable contexts.
The Consultant's expert team is expected to include key experts as follows:
Key Expert No. 1: Team Leader/Transport Planner with:
a background in Engineering and/or Transport Planning/Transport Economics,
preferably ten years or more of previous professional experience in consultancy, preferably in Europe, in urban development projects,
previous professional experience on the planning of public transport networks, including electricity powered rail based systems, and
previous professional experience in leading a consultancy team on one or several projects in the transport and urban mobility planning field.
Key Expert No. 2: Urban planner/architect with:
preferably five years or more of previous professional experience in urban planning at local and metropolitan level, preferably with sustainable urban mobility planning components.
Key Expert No. 3: Transport Operation Specialist/Traffic Engineer with:
preferably five years or more of previous professional experience in a public transport company and/or consultancy assignments in the public transport field, and
previous professional experience in traffic engineering, traffic management and traffic control, particularly in an urban environment.
Key Expert No. 4: Transport Modelling Expert with:
preferably ten years or more of previous professional experience in operating four-step traffic model software in an urban environment.
Key Expert No. 5: Parking Policy Specialist with:
preferably five years or more of previous professional experience in managing the parking policy in cities and/or in a consultancy firm.
Key Expert No. 6: Transport Economist/ Financial Expert with:
preferably five years or more of previous professional experience in his field, preferably in the region.
Key Expert No. 7: Legal Expert specialised in Public Transport with:
preferably ten years or more of previous professional experience as a lawyer, including a minimum of five years in public/private partnership in the public transport field, preferably in Europe.
Non-key experts are expected to include:
Non-Key Expert No. 1: Marketing Expert with:
preferably five years or more of previous professional experience in publicity, marketing and communication, preferably in the public transport area and in the region.
Non-Key Expert No. 2: Environmental Expert with:
preferably five years or more of previous professional experience in environmental assessment, preferably in Europe, in particular referring to Strategic Environmental Assessment, assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment (Directive 2001/42/EC) and Environmental Impact Assessment (Directive 85/337/CEE as amended).
All Key and Non-Key Experts should have good reporting skills in English and be computer literate. Knowledge of Romanian language will be considered an advantage, particularly for the Team leader and the Legal Expert.
In order to maximise skills transfer to the Client and ensure the success of the Assignment, it is preferred that the majority (e.g. 80%) of the total of staff-month in the Consultant bid should be spent in the beneficiary city.
Submission Requirements:
In order to determine the capability and experience of Consultants seeking to be selected, the information submitted should include the following:
A. Technical Proposal
A1. Completed Consultant Declaration Form and Contact Sheet, the template for which is available from the following web-link: http://www.ebrd.com/pages/workingwithus/procurement/notices/csu/contact_sheet.doc.
A2. Company/group of firms' profile, organisation and staffing (max. 2-4 pages).
A3. Details of previous project experience or similar assignments particularly undertaken in the previous five years, including information on contract value, contracting entity/client, project location/country, duration (mm/yy to mm/yy), expert months provided (if different from duration) , main activities, objectives (max. 15 pages).
A4. CVs of key experts who could carry out the Assignment detailing qualifications, experience in similar assignments, particularly assignments undertaken in the previous five years, including information on contracting entity/client, project location/country, duration (mm/yy to mm/yy), expert months provided, assignment budget, main activities, objectives.
A5. A Work Plan outlining the plan for the implementation of the main activities/tasks of the Assignment, their content and duration, phasing and interrelations, milestones (including interim approvals by the Client), and tentative delivery dates of the reports.
A6. Team Input (in the format included in Annex 1 to the ToR) indicating the number of working days allocated to the Assignment by each Key and Non-Key Expert.
A7. Technical Approach and Methodology explaining the understanding of the objectives of the assignment as outlined in the ToR, the technical approach, the methodology for implementing the tasks to deliver the expected output(s), and the degree of detail of such output (max. 15 pages).
B. Financial Proposal (in the format included in Annex 2 to the ToR) not exceeding the cost estimate provided in this procurement notice.
Submission format:
The complete submission (Technical and Financial proposal) must be inserted in an envelope/box clearly marked “SUBMISSION TO SIBIU URBAN TRANSPORT STREETS REHABILITATION PROJECT - SUSTAINABLE URBAN MOBILITY PLAN”. It must reach the Client and the EBRD at the addresses listed in this Procurement Notice and by the stated deadline date and time. The number of copies required are as follows:
For the Client:
Technical Proposal: four hard copies (English original, English copy, Romanian original and Romanian copy) and two soft copies (English version on a CD, Romanian version on a CD), and
Financial Proposal: two hard copies (English original and Romanian original) and two soft copies (English version on a CD, Romanian version on a CD). The Financial proposal must be provided in a separate, sealed and clearly labelled envelope clearly marked with the warning and with a warning “DO NOT OPEN WITH THE TECHNICAL PROPOSAL.”
For the Bank:
Technical Proposal: two hard copies (English original and English copy) and one soft copy (English version on a CD), and
Financial Proposal: one hard copy (English original) and one soft copy (English version on a CD). The Financial proposal must be provided in a separate, sealed and clearly labelled envelope clearly marked with the warning and with a warning “DO NOT OPEN WITH THE TECHNICAL PROPOSAL.”
Important Notes:
1. This is a Selection from Shortlist procedure as envisaged in the EBRD's Procurement Policies & Rules. The selection will normally be made from responses to this notification only. The highest-ranked Consultant will be invited to negotiate the contract, subject to availability of funding.
2. The proposal validity period is 90 days from the deadline date for receipt of submissions. During this period, the Consultant shall maintain its original Proposal without any change, including the availability of the Key Experts, the proposed rates and the total price.
3. The award criteria and weightings will be as follows:
Firm's previous project experience in the successful preparation of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans or a comparable nature, scale and complexity to the SUMP required under the Assignment (10%);
Firm's previous project experience in public urban transport networks in comparable contexts (10%);
CV of Key Experts No. 1 – 4 (20%);
CV of Key Experts No. 5 – 7 (10%);
Work Plan (10%);
Team Input (10%);
Technical Approach and Methodology (10%); and
Financial Proposal (20%).
4. Public Opening of Financial Proposals
After the technical evaluation is completed and the Bank has issued its no objection (if applicable), the Client shall inform in writing to all Consultants who submitted a proposal the date, time and location for the opening of the Financial Proposals. The Consultant's attendance at the opening of the Financial Proposals is optional and is at the Consultant's choice. Minutes of the Opening of the Financial Proposals will be circulated to all Consultants invited to the opening.
Only those submissions which score 80% or more of the total marks available for the technical criteria (a-g inclusive) will be eligible to have their financial proposals opened.
5. Evaluation of Financial Proposals
The lowest evaluated Financial Proposal (Fm) is given the maximum financial score (Sf) of 20. The formula for determining the financial scores (Sf) of all other Proposals is calculated as following:
Sf = 20 x Fm/F, in which “Sf” is the financial score, “Fm” is the lowest price, and “F” the price of the proposal under consideration.